Pioneer Medical Center

301 W 7th Ave, Big Timber, MT 59011 · (406) 932-4603

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Pioneer Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Big Timber, Montana (Sweet Grass County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.42 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Montana hospital ($3.09).

On this page:Quality The money Nearby hospitals

Compare with another hospital

Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.42listed for every $1 its care costs Montana typical $3.09

1 h 28 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$70what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$151,307net income, all sources

−29.0%margin on patient care alone

$431,029cost of charity care (3.9% of costs)

$342,648unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

54full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

Nearby hospitals

30 miles awayLivingston HealthcareLivingston, MT★★★★★$1.71 listed per $1 of cost 37 miles awayStillwater Billings ClinicColumbus, MTNot rated$1.47 listed per $1 of cost 42 miles awayWheatland Memorial HospitalHarlowton, MTNot rated$1.21 listed per $1 of cost 53 miles awayBozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman, MT★★★★★$2.85 listed per $1 of cost 55 miles awayBeartooth Billings ClinicRed Lodge, MTNot rated$1.79 listed per $1 of cost

Compare with the two closest